The nest and eggs of a wheel bug are reminiscent of a six-sided pool rack filled with balls. These wheel bug eggs were laid in a perfect arrangement in a perfect little nest on a privet in Aki Smith’s ...

What Is a Wheel Bug? A wheel bug (Arilus cristatus) is a fairly large member (up to 1.5 inches) of the family commonly known as assassin bugs. According to Dan Young, entomology professor and director ...

Walking up our entry steps after a hard morning of weeding yet another flower bed, a large, slow-moving insect caught my eye as it lumbered across an upper step at eye level. I gave it a closer look ...

When I went out to get the mail the other day, I paused to admire, as I often do, the variety of insects and arachnids buzzing, flitting and crawling about the big lantana bush next to my mailbox in ...

This Sept. 19, 2019, file photo, shows a spotted lanternfly at a vineyard in Kutztown, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) This story originally appeared on WITF. For several years, there was no known natural ...

The wheel bug and its unique, saw blade-like back is seen in this file photo. They are typically found in Kentucky in late summer and fall. BrianEKushner Getty Images/iStockphoto It might be ...

Most of us are aware of threatening creatures like ticks, bedbugs, mosquitoes and stinkbugs, and with the everyday critters like earthworms, houseflies and ladybugs. But have you seen the assassing ...

Oct. 1—Tracy Leskey remembers when the brown marmorated stink bug became "explosively invasive" in the early 2010s. "We had significant crop losses, some homeowners had thousands trying to overwinter ...